There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle – a new colour for Alfred Werner's isomer counting

The report of the crystal structure of a new form of [CoCl₂(en)₂]Cl is both inter­esting and important as it allows a reassessment of the early work of Werner and brings an emphasis to the occurrence of cocrystals of complexes.

Two new cadmium(II) coordination polymers based on imid­azole-containing ligands: synthesis, structural characterization and fluorescence properties

Two Cd^II coordination polymers have been synthesized from 1,4-bis­[(1H-imid­azol-1-yl)meth­yl]benzene and 1,3,5-tris­[(1H-imid­azol-1-yl)meth­yl]benzene ligands, forming a distorted seven-coordinated penta­gonal bipyramidal geometry and a one-dimensional ladder chain with the former ligand, and a six-coordinated octa­hedral structure with layers connected by hexa­fluoro­silicate anions with the latter.

Synthesis and crystallographic studies of two new 1,3,5-tri­azines

Crystallographic studies demonstrated that two 1,3,5-tri­azine salts derived from 2,4,6-tri­chloro-1,3,5-tri­azine and 2-(amino­meth­yl)-1H-benzimidazole are electron-deficient aromatic systems and that they can inter­act with electron-rich chemical species. This property makes them potentially useful in the recognition of anions and neutral mol­ecules, and as synthons in the construction of new supra­molecular architectures in crystal engineering.

Synthesis, experimental and in silico studies of N-fluorenyl­methoxycarbonyl-O-tert-butyl-N-methyl­tyrosine, coupled with CSD data: a survey of inter­actions in the crystal structures of Fmoc–amino acids

This work is the first com­prehensive summary of noncovalent inter­actions combined with a library of the supra­molecular synthon patterns in all crystal structures of amino acids with the Fmoc moiety reported so far.

Influence of fluorine substitution on the mol­ecular conformation of 3′-de­oxy-3′-fluoro-5-methyl­uridine

The replacement of the OH group at the C3′ position of a furan­ose ring by fluorine changes the N-type furan­ose ring puckering to S-type in the crystalline state.

A novel three-dimensional zinc(II) coordination polymer based on 3,3′-{[1,3-phenyl­enebis­(methyl­ene)]bis­(­oxy)}di­benzoic acid and 1,4-bis­(pyridin-4-yl)benzene: synthesis, crystal structure and photocatalytic properties

A novel three-dimensional (3D) Zn^II coordination polymer exhibits excellent photocatalytic activity on the degradation of the organic dyes Rhodamine B (RhB), Rhodamine 6G (Rh6G) and Methyl Red (MR).

Effect of the position of a meth­oxy substituent on the anti­microbial activity and crystal structures of 4-methyl-1,6-di­phenyl­pyrimidine-2(1H)-selenone derivatives

The introduction of a meth­oxy subsituent into an aromatic ring of 4-methyl-1,6-di­phenyl­pyrimidine-2(1H)-selenone alters the anti­microbial activities and results in greater selectivity.

Bases, solvates and salts: new benzimidazole- and pyridine-scaffolded ligands

A series of tridentate Schiff base ligands has been structurally characterized in the forms of free bases, hydrates/solvates and mono- and diprotonated cations. The most important contribution to the stabilization energy of the crystal is provided by π–π inter­actions, especially between charged ligands, while the details of the crystal architectures are influenced by directional inter­actions, especially relatively strong hydrogen bonds.